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Wait, who are the "actual innovators" if not the valuable employees Apple hired?
The company that employed them to make those innovations.
I don’t follow, did the founder invent it?
And I’m sure they did this out of the kindness of their hearts, while not being paid and with equipment they purchased themselves and stored in their garage.
Abuse of the patent system can be deeply problematic. This is not one of them. This is one of the richest company in the world stealing the work paid by another.